Jermayne Timmons sentencing set for Friday

Jermayne Timmons is being sentenced tomorrow in Albany County Court, more than nine months after he fired the gun that killed 10-year-old Kathina Thomas outside her home.

Timmons, 16, was convicted in January of killing the Guyana-born child, shot by a .45 caliber bullet as she played outside her home at 445 First St.

Because of his age, Timmons faces a maximum of 15 years to life in prison (an adult would face 25 years to life) from Judge Stephen Herrick.

Last July, Herrick issued that maximum term to 16-year-old Nahjaliek McCall, who was convicted of killing 15-year-old Shahied Oliver in Arbor Hill the prior August. Like Timmons, McCall was 15 at the time of the killing.

That case also had the same defense attorney (Deputy Public Defender Peter Lynch) and prosecutor (Assistant District Attorney David Rossi), though that case has zero bearing on the Timmons sentencing.